Fort-Louis

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Fort-Louis For-Lui
Commune
Southern entrance of Fort Carré in Fort-Louis at the beginning of the 21st century
Coat of arms
Location of Fort-Louis
Fort-Louis Show map of France Fort-Louis Show map of Grand Est
Coordinates: 48°48′07″N 8°03′26″E / 48.8019°N 8.0572°E / 48.8019; 8.0572
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Bas-Rhin
Arrondissement	Haguenau-Wissembourg
Canton	Bischwiller
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Daniel Cousandier[1]
Area 1	12.31 km2 (4.75 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	282
• Density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	67142 /67480
Elevation	113–122 m (371–400 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Fort-Louis (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ lwi]) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.^[3]

It acquired its name and its principal raison d'être from a 17th-century fort, known as Fort Louis.^[4] More recently the population of the settlement increased between 1962 and 2004 from 137 to 279.